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He was given two and a half years in a young offenders institution and banned from driving for 33 months.

Among the comments made by readers after we ran the story yesterday were:

Annemarie Calvert said: "Employ ex servicemen in our young institutions and make them into what used to be borstal. That will teach them the meaning of respect for themselves, others and property and don't let them out until they have learnt these values."

The scene on Islington, Liverpool City Centre (Image: Merseyside Police)

Jackie Howard said: "Bet they think they are real gangsters, they look so tough. If they were my sons they would never walk again."

May Sarsfield said: "I would be mortally ashamed If one of those youths were my son.

Lennon Lowry (left) and Callum Carr (right) in the Motability car they stole from an OAP's home then used when robbing a terrified boy (Image: Liverpool Echo)

"Yes I do think they should bring back National Service, these youths are future prison fodder now is the time to try and save them.

"There are jobs out on farms at the moment, they should be ferried out there to contribute something to society, or lock them up if they refuse and no prison perks."

Jack O'Connor (left), Lennon Lowry (centre) and Callum Carr (right) and the Motability car they stole from an OAP's home then used when robbing a terrified boy (Image: Liverpool Echo)

Paul Brannan said: "Imagine how cool they would be if they worked hard, pushed themselves and could buy their own car instead of having to steal someone else's. How depressing for them."

Dav73 said: "No use to society and just a burden to the tax payer and victims, cannot be rehabilitated. When are they going to make a proper stand and stop giving them more rights then the victims?"